Reward

Famous quotes containing the word reward:

“The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day’s work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably—why, then I don’t think I deserve any reward for my hard day’s work—for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“I will reward thee
Once for thy sprightly comfort, and tenfold
For thy good valor.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)